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A plain explanation of the whole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable…A plaine explanation of the vvhole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable…
A plain explanation of the whole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable in these days of trouble and affliction in the church. Penned by a faithful preacher, now with God, for more private use, and now published for the further benefit of the people of God.A plaine explanation of the vvhole Revelation of Saint John Very necessary and comfortable in these dayes of trouble and affliction in the church. Penned by a faithfull preacher, now with God, for more priuate vse, and now published for the further benefit of the people of God.
London: printed by T.S. for Nathaniel Newbery, 1622
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The rest which were dead in those thousand years, having not the first resurrection, are said to have fallen, though they were not in so dangerous days, as afterward ensued when the Devil was loosed: And these are said, that they shall not live, to wit, unto Christ, to become Christs, during the thousand years, until the thousand years were ended, that is, never: for if they were not Christs, living holily and uprightly before Christ, in Satan's binding and imprisonment, which were milder and more easy times; much less would they be his afterwards, to walk faithfully and purely in more dangerous times of persecution and trouble. And this is said to be the first resurrection; namely, when men are renewed by the spirit of God, and so walk in newness and holiness of life, and in a faithful and constant profession of the truth of God. And those are blessed that have part in the first resurrection, for they shall be made partakers of the second resurrection, and the second death shall have nothing to do with them, but they shall be Priests of God, and of Christ, to offer sacrifice of praise and ⟨p. 124⟩thanksgiving unto him: And these shall reign with him a thousand years, that is, for evermore; for those that once taste of the favour of God, so that they are seasoned with it, shall never leese it: according as our Saviour Christ in the Gospel of Saint John saith, He that drinks of the water of life, shall never thirst again.
The rest which were dead in those thousand yeares, hauing not the first resurrection, are said to haue fallen, though they were not in so dangerous dayes, as afterward ensued when the Diuell was loosed: And these are said, that they shall not liue, to wit, vnto Christ, to become Christs, during the thousand yeares, vntill the thousand yeares were ended, that is, neuer: for if they were not Christs, liuing holily and vprightly before Christ, in Sathans binding and imprisonment, which were milder and more easie times; much lesse would they be his afterwards, to walke faithfully and purely in more dangerous times of persecution and trouble. And this is said to be the first resurrection; namely, when men are renewed by the spirit of God, and so walke in newnesse and holinesse of life, and in a faithfull and constant profession of the truth of God. And those are blessed that haue part in the first resurrection, for they shall be made partakers of the second resurrection, and the second death shall haue nothing to doe with them, but they shall be Priests of God, and of Christ, to offer sacrifice of praise and